Surprise, double episodes this week! We just had to get together for a roundup on authors doing things on the internet. Chuck Tingle remains our unproblematic king, though. 

NOTE: During the episode we refer to author Xiran Jay Zhao by the incorrect pronouns and would like to apologize: they use they/them and it was an oversight on our part to not check before recording. 

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Time to make it official: we are Nikki Sloan stans through and through. Guess which of her books is our favorite? It's not the one you think...!

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This week it's a sleepy gals catch up: Mary reports back on her audiobook adventure, Shani reads non-fiction and Bonnie got a great present from her husband!

Books mentioned:

• Raiders of the Lost Heart
• The Lyrics, Paul McCartney
• The Wager, David Grann
• Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr
• Bride, Ali Hazelwood
• The Redemption (Book 4), Nikki Sloane
• The Temptation (Book 5), Nikki Sloane
• Wild Love, Elsie Silver
• The Spare, Ava Rani
• The Heir, Ava Rani
• City of Salvation, Marie Maravilla
• The Book of Azrael, Amber V Nicole
• Butcher & Blackbird, Brynne Weaver
• Sovereign, Raya Morris Edwards
• Knotted, Pam Godwin
• The Catch, Amy Lea
• Girl Abroad, Elle Kennedy
• The North Wind, Alexandria Warwick
• The West Wind, Alexandria Warwick
• The Firekeepers Daughter, Angeline Boulley
• Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao
• Legendborn, Tracy Deonn
• Belladonna & Foxglove, Adalyn Grace

This week Shani & Mary get into reader etiquette in online spaces and we parse out the details behind the St. Martin's Press Marketing Boycott. Check out @readersforaccountability for all organizing info!

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Happy New Year! This week we talk about what's in and what's out for 2024 for us and the bookish community. The usual chaos of this pod is IN, just so we're setting listener expectations...

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Happy New Year besties! For this mini we give ourselves full-body cringe talking about reader Facebook groups and bookish thirst trappers with Krystal from @leelovesbooks_.

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It's the last episode of the year! We go through all the favorites from the longest year ever.

Books mentioned

• Emily Henry backlist
• Sex, Lies and Sensibilities – Nikki Payne
• The Catch – Amy Lea
• God of Fury – Rina Kent
• In the Weeds & Lovelight Farms – B.K. Borison
• Magnolia Parks universe – Jessa Hastings
• The Spare – Ava Rani
• The Redemption & The Temptation – Nikki Sloane
• The Doctor – Nikki Sloane
• Pucking Around – Emily Rath
• With This Vow & Like & Sub – Andi Simms

Mary’s favorites

• Was I Ever Real – Naomi Loud
• Hate Me & Keep Me – Summer O’Toole
• You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty – Akwaeke Emezi
• Heated Rivalry – Rachel Reid
• Princes of Chaos – Angel Lawson & Sam Rue
• Belladonna – Adalyn Grace
• Legendborn – Tracy Deonn
• Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins
• Filthy Rich Americans – Nikki Sloane
• Magnolia Parks – Jessa Hastings

Bonnie’s favorites

• Things We Left Behind – Lucy Score
• Do Your Worst – Rosie Danan
• Caught Up – Liz Tomforde
• Entangled – R. Phillips
• You with a View – Jessica Joyce
• Collide – Bal Khabra
• Losers Duet – Harley LaRoux
• Was I Ever Free – Naomi Loud
• Reckless – Elsie Silver

Shani's favorites

• Reckless – Elsie Silver
• Hate Me – Summer O’Toole
• Princes of Chaos – Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue
• Out of a Limb – Hannah Bonam-Young
• Brightest Light of Sunshine – Lisina Coney
• Righteous Deceit – Haley Jenner
• Salt Kiss – Sierra Simone
• Butcher & Blackbird – Brynne Weaver
• You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty – Akwaeke Emezi
• God of Fury – Rina Kent

Our first mini episode in breaking down yet more authors behaving badly: Cait Corrain, you're up. Del Rey debut fantasy author Corrain found herself in a pickle as it came to light that she is behind false Goodreads profiles slandering her peers' books. We break down the whole mess for you!

This week we're talking about book bans and Caitlin of @cbg_reads, a friend of the pod and high school teacher, joins us to chat about what is and isn't book banning. Of course we also spend lots of time meandering through what we're in the mood for, everything and anything from omegaverse to dark academia to Magnolia Parks.

Check out booklooks.org to learn why some books are under the fire, often completely unfairly. 

Media mentioned in this episode:

• The Fake Mate - Lana Ferguson
• Lola and the Millionaires - Kathryn Moon
• Lavender Moon - Sarah Blue
• Charming Your Dad - Sarah Blue
• Caught Up - Liz Tomforde
• Tender is the Flesh - Agustina Bazterrica
• Fresh (2022)
• Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God (HBO 2023)
• The Garden: Commune or Cult (HBO 2023)
• May December (Netflix 2023)
• Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - Suzanne Collins
• Amor, Actually Short story collection
• Mother Daughter Murder Night - Nina Simon
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo
• Magnolia Parks - Jessa Hastings
• The Heir - Ava Rani (Biotech Billionaires Series)
• Bite of Loyalty - R.L. Caulder
• The Oxford Legacy series - Roxy Sloane
• Saltburn (2023)
• Queen of Nothing - Santana Knox
• Foul is Fair - Hannah Capin
• Hooked - Katherine Greenman
• Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

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This week Krystal of @leelovesbooks_ joins us to chat about the two-year wait for Giana Darling's newest release Caution to the Wind  and we try to figure out what happened with the original release date.

Books mentioned:

• Magnolia Parks - Jessa Hastings
• The Woman in Me - Britney Spears
• Dark Obsession - Katee Robert
• Kings of Sin series - Ana Huang
• Bergman Brothers series - Chloe Liese
• Butcher & Blackbird - Brynne Weaver
• Final Offer - Lauren Asher
• Restore Me - JL Seegars
• Red Zone Rivals series - Kandi Steiner
• Sea of Ruin, Dark Notes - Pam Godwin
• Does It Hurt - HD Carlton
• Caught Up - Liz Tomforde
• Rules of Our Own, Rule No. 5 - J. Wilder
• Legacy of Gods series - Rina Kent
• Offside - Avery Keelan
• Righteous Deceit - Haley Jenner
• Give Me More - Sara Cate
• The Gentlemen series - Jessa Wilder
• A Wonderful Lie - Carrie Aarons
• A Festive Feud - Maren Moore
• Mistletoe Mistake - Nichole Greene
• Big Nick Energy - Morgan Elizabeth
• Hollow Boys series - Monty Jay
• Princes of Ash - Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue
• Caution to the Wind - Giana Darling

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